Looking at using my Virgin Platinum free flight soon. Although I am in PER and was hoping to get to MEL. I know they have changed it recently to not include PER to SYD/MEL. Does anyone know a way around this??? I have heard of the book a flight and then cancel and use the credit given for what ever flight desired.

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Do the 2 x free lounge passes roll over to the next year or do you have to use them in the year allocated?

I’m not 100% sure about the cancellation “trick” you mention, but I have heard of a number of cases where people were able to book a PER-MEL/SYD/BNE flight on the Velocity Platinum. It might be that these were one-offs where they spoke to a particularly friendly rep, or a rep who didn’t know the rules, so I can’t say for certain if it will work or not. However, I think I will give them a call in a month or so and try my luck. 🙂

And no, the Virgin lounge passes expire if not used before the end of each card-holding year.

Will just add a quick follow-up point here: Amex reps are well within their rights to deny these west-to-east routes. It’s clear on their website that this is just how it is. So we can try every trick in the book, but if we still get a “no”, then I guess we just have to accept it. :'(

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